FBI agents are not paid in hourly wages, they are paid through the federal government system GS ratings which provides agents an annual salary rating for years served.
The tariff of the United States, like all actual protective tariffs, is partly revenue and partly protective, its original purpose of yielding revenue having been subordinated to that of giving protection, until it may now be best described as a protective tariff yielding incidental revenue.
Purpose of Taxation. All taxpayers need to understand the purpose of taxation. The purpose of taxation can be broadly categorized in three parts â reduce inequality, reduce the de merit goods consumption and financing the government consumption.